White paper/research:For the past 18 years, he has facilitated dialogue among policymakers, practitioners, journalists, and scholars grappling with complex links among environment, population, development, conflict, and security. His current research focuses on environmental pathways to confidence-building and peacemaking, with a special emphasis on managing transboundary fresh water resources. Geoff is principal investigator for ECSPs Navigating Peace: Forging New Water Partnerships initiative and co-principal investigator for the Environment, Development, and Sustainable Peace initiative, an international effort to bridge the gap between Northern and Southern perspectives.

Awards/associations/memberships:Geoff is a member of the UN Environment Programmes Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, co-vice chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), member of the editorial board of Global Environmental Change, member of the Board, Wilton Park USA Foundation, member of the Board of Experts, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California, Irvine, member of the International Advisory Board, Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, Salve Regina University, and a member of the advisory board of Screenscope, Inc., and its PBS Journey to Planet Earth television series initiative.

Dissertation fellow with the Institute for the Study of World Politics and fellow at the Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda

Educational background:M.A. and Ph.D., Government and Politics, University of Maryland; A.B., Political Science, Duke University